20th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

20th Field Artillery Regiment

Coat of arms
Active 1916
Country  United States
Branch Field Artillery Branch (United States)
Type Combat arms
Nickname King of Battle
Red Leg
Patron Saint Barbara
Motto DUTY NOT REWARD
Branch color Scarlet
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia
U.S. Field Artillery Regiments
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The 20th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.

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History

The 20th Field Artillery was Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army

Lineage

Distinctive Unit Insignia

On a gold color metal and enamel device 7/8 inches in height overall consisting of the shield from the coat of arms blazoned: Gules, on a bend Or a fusil of the field. Attached below the shield is a gold scroll inscribed "DUTY NOT REWARD" in red letters.

The regiment was organized in 1917 and served in France in the 5th Division, primarily in Lorraine. The shield is red for artillery, with a gold bend from the arms of Lorraine and the red diamond of the 5th Division.

The insignia was originally approved for the 20th Field Artillery on March 28, 1933. It was redesignated as 20th Field Artillery Battalion on August 12,1948; redesignated as 20th Artillery on June 13, 1958; and redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery on September 1, 1971.

Coat Of Arms

Blazon

Gules, on a bend Or, a fusil of the field.

On a wreath of the colors, Or and Gules, issuant from base a demi-trident with prongs in the form of a fleur-de-lis of the First, looped about its shaft with ends upturned and forked a ribbon of the Second edged Vert. Motto None

The symbolism for the shield is as described above for the distinctive unit insignia. The golden trident on the crest simulating a fleur-de-lis refers to the unit's participation in the D-Day landing at Normandy, which was known as Operation Trident. The ribbon is in the colors of the Belgian Fourragere for which the unit was twice cited for action in Belgium and the Ardennes.

The coat of arms was originally approved for the 20th Field Artillery on April 9, 1921. It was redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery Battalion on August 20, 1942; redesignated for the 20th Artillery on 13 June 1958; amended to add a crest on April 13, 1965; and redesignated to the 20th Field Artillery Battalion on September 1, 1971.

Current configuration

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "20th Field Artillery Regiment".

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